Ventilator for closed automobiles



J1me 1929 H. c. SEGELKEN VENTILATOR FOR CLOSED AUTOMQBILES Filed April11, 1927 Patented 'June 18, 1929.

UNITED :STATES HERBERT C. SEGELKEN, OF PHOENICIA, NEW YORK.

VENTILATOR FO R CLOSED AUTOMOBILES.

Application filed April 11, 1927. Serial No. 182,784.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in ventilatingdevices and. aims to provide a highly novel, simple and inexpensivestructure that may be readily disposed upon the upper edge of one of thedoor window panes and wedged between the pane and the door body when thepane is raised, said structure being of such a formation as to admit airinto the interior of the car and this without a resultant draft.

In carrying out the present invention there is provided a device whichas before stated is constructed for engagement upon the upper edge ofone of the door window panes and that is formed with means for extensionoutwardly of the door for receiving the air, further means beingprovided for delivering the air into the interior of the car.

In the present device means is provided whereby the ventilator may beclosed in extremely cold weather or whenever ventilation is notrequired.

In the drawing wherein like numerals indicate corresponding partsthroughout the several views of the same:

Figure l is a fragmentary view of a glass paneled automobile door,between the upper edge of the panel and the door frame of which isdisposed my improved ventilator.

Fi ure 2 1s a section through the glass pane at one end of theventilator for more clearly disclosing the construction of the same.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary perspective of one of the units of theventilators, certain of the air directing vanes that are formedintegrally therewith being disclosed in bent over operative position,while others are disclosed as originally associated with the unit, saidunit being preferably stamped from sheet metal.

Figure l is. a similar fragmentary perspective of the ventilator closinglid.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary perspective disclosing one end of the mainunit prior to the association therewith of the unit disclosed in Figures3 and 4, and

Figure 6 is a fragmentary upper edge and end elevation of t e glasspanel equipped with rubber blocks at the ends of the ventilator forfilling the spaces at the ends of the ventilator between the panel andthe door frame.

Now having particular reference to the drawing, my novel ventilatorconsists of a main unit designated generally A, which unit is preferablyformed from a single strip of sheet metal of predetermined length andwidth, the same being so bent as to provide a longitudinal air tube 5,the ends of which are outwardly flanged as at 6-6. The material formingthis unit is then bent inward ly and downwardly at one edge of the tube5 for providing a hood 6'. The material forming said unit is also bentinwardly at the lower edge of the tube to provide a horizontal wall 7which wall is further so formed as to provide a longitudinally extendinginverted Ill-shaped channel 8, the outer surface of which is spacedinwardly from the end of the hood 6'. Furthermore the horizontal wall 7is in spaced vertical relation with the inner end of the hood 6 asclearly disclosed in both Figures 2 and 5.

As is obvious from Figure 2 the inverted ill-shaped channel 8 isprovided for the purpose of permitting the unit to be disposed over theupper edge of the glass panel B of an automobile door 0, and in such amanner that the tube 5 will be at the outer side of the door so as topermit the air to rush therethrough.

Ihe unit A is of a length slightly less than the horizontal area of theglass panel B, while arranged over the edges of the panel at the ends ofthe units A are inverted U-shaped rubber filler blocks 9-9 for obviouslypreventing the entrance of air between the glass panel and the frame atthe ends of the device.

Welded or otherwise suitably rigidly arranged upon the inner face of thehorizontal wall 7 of the unit A is a sheet metal angle strip 10 of alength equivalent to the len h of the unit A. This angle strip is preerably formed from a sheet metal blank and during the striking of thesame from the blank a plurality of spaced horizontally extendingtonguesll are included at the inner edge of the top wall of said anglestri These tongues 11 are severed from the ang e throughout the majorportion of the elongated lid plate are arranged after which a suitablehinge pin is passed therethrough. The ends of'this lid 15 are formed orotherwise'equippedwith tongues 16 the upper edges of which are curvedsimilar to the curvature of the hood 6' of the unit A and that areadapted for closing the ends of the hood when the li'd'15 isswungupwardly into the horizontal closed position as indicated in Figure 2,The outer ed e of this lid 15 is provided with a spring 0 ip 18 forfrictionally engaging a rib 19 formed at the owei: ed e of the hood 6 ofsaid unit A as clearly disclosed in Figure 2.

Obviously when the lid 15 is lowered, the

air passing through the tube 5 will be directed into the car through thehood 6' by reason of the longitudinally curved air vanes -11.However'when the lid 15 carrying the end tongue 16 is swung upwardly theair tube 5 will be entirely closed to the interior of the automobile.

Even though I have herein shown and described the invention asconsisting oi certain detail structural elements it is nevertheless tobe understood that some changes may be made therein without afiectingthe spirit and scope of the appended claims.

Furthermore it will be obvious when the device is associated withthe'door window at the opposite side of the car the air passing throughthe tube will serve as a means for sucking the foul air from theinterior ofthe car.

Having thus described the invention, what gage over the edge of a windowsash, the opposite edge portion of said sheet being disposed in parallelrelation with the flanged edge portion of the sheet and adapted toproject outwardly of said flanged portion and then downwardly to providea hood, and closure means between said hood and said flanged edge of thesheet.

2. In a ventilator for windows, a sheet of material bent at itsintermediate portionto provide a tube, a pair of longitudinallyextending flanges adjacent one edge of said sheet and in parallelrelation to said tubular portion, said flanges being adapted to engageover the edge of a window sash, the opposite edge portion of said sheetbeing disposed in parallel relation with the flanged edge portion of thesheet and adapted to project outwardly of said flanged portion and thendownwardly to provide a hood, and closure means between said hood andsaid flanged edge of the sheet, and means including a plate arrangedbetween the flanged edge of said sheet and the parallel portion thereof,said sheet being provided with a flange at each end thereof, and aclosure plate hinged thereto and being engageable with the hood forclosing the space between the flanged edge portion of the sheet and thesaid hood.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

HERBERT 'O. SEGELKEN.

